The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3866, 20 May 1881, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.

stated, •' Dr Bell's aystem is by much th most perfect of the many which bare been suggested." " By receiving the faces into a separate vessel these trill not be moistened »nd" softened bjt t tie urine, and thus ferment* atiou and evaporation, sources of malaria; fever and, nuisance are to a great extent riiriited. -, If "If the urine be absent, a very small quantity of dusty, dry material is necessary for the desiccation and deodorization of the faces. of the household yard be passed through a Mere infra, receptacle, it will be found excellent 5 for dejodetwation,lending ,tp make.,^ Iseculent matter friable and easy to manipulate without much diminisbing its ralue as a manure. This, as it is dusted into,the closet can, seems to attractamL absorb#y itrong smelling gases diffftsed in the air around. One or two tablespoonsfulf re suHßf ent 18f the de|jjec«ti©n and deo|o|ia«tiolf .£ / ,~t% "The urine not being in the same Vessel with the fasces[has not to be desiccated; therefore the expense attending the enormous amount of labor in carting in earthy ands again in carting l! out, mixed with the urine as well as with the fasces, is avoided. The inconvenience j is far less, and the great source of the deterioration of the faces as a fertilising agent, by the mixture of, and dilution by earth, is qlnriated. "The money value of the compost should lead to its sale for manure, and this would tend to prevent the present bad practice of burying it in gardens or yards, where it *wqmes an increasing nuisance and a prolific source of disease. Why should not the whole system, in its proper practical form, be taken up by the Municipal authorities, to be worked through them by educated and skilled bands? " The removal of «H dry-closet stuff may be effected with the greatest ease and rapidity. Some three years ago two cans full, each weighing above 601bs, were placed in the back division of my very light, double-seated, four-wheeled Amen can buggy, covered with an ordinary horse-cloth, and driven by. myself in the hot sun some distance outside -the town boundary, to the boose of a friend, who was glad to take all I had. The removal was effected without the slightest unpleasant smell. Does not this suggest an easy and rapid mode of transit for these fsecal-closet cans in light spring vehicles, either on two or four wheels, covered in lightly above; and set low on . the ground liVe furniture vans, so as to be stepped; into easily by « man jbarry. ing a closet can in each hand ? Thus all conveyance could be done noise' lessly, expeditiousty, inexpensively, and without any nuisance, at any time of the day. These vessels should always be in duplicate, so as never to require emptying in town, to be returned then, and there in a dirty state. A dean, empty one should be at once placed in situ for the one taken away. When these cans are emptied at the manure depot or elsewhere, their insides should be dusted with dry dust of some kind, and then be allowed to remain to air and to dry, when, much .will crack and scale off, and this may be assisted by knocking, scraping, and brushing. As a rule, all wetting and washing of the cans, except, perhaps, their outsides, should be carefully avoided." "To repeat: by keeping the fseces free from the urine,< very little dry stuff is required to fairly desiccate and deodorize when the material becomes valuable as a

Some ten djayl ago we acknowledged the receipt of Dr Boll's pamphlet upon the dry closet Bj|tiß^^^:plw?ed the publication at the flspjosal eg the Borough •atlioritiefc, and projoablj some steps will be taken in the direction referred to r but we hare sineethooght it wise »o publish for general inforniatidn extracts from the pamphlet, especially in, the pr.-sent nnheilthy state of the municipality, when an urgent necessity exists for every effort being made in the direction of purification and njnmal of nuisances. It is not a rcry nice subject to speak upon, but good to the public ii our first eontideration, and such may result from the dissemination of the views and opinions of a well known medical man upon a sabject he has given great attention to. Dr Bell speaks as follows :—A question through,oui the whole civilised world is still— How can the human excrement be best dealt with ? \t must be evident to all those who choose to gire fair attention to this subject that, for the earth closet I system to be a poaitire success, the urine and faces; as in nature they are passed separately, and are thus generally dealt with separately, so in a proper earth closet system, they mu»t be kept from muting and be dealt with separately. In the Report of the Sub Committee of the Queenalaud Ceutml Board of Health, it in

manure and can be, easily remored. 3y allowing the urine to mix with the feces. a very large quantity of earth is required to be carted, in, as well as out, and then the desiccation and deodorization see almost invariably more or less imperfectly effected, and the vessels contain frequently but offensive-masses difficult and disgusting to manipulate, and of no com mercial value."